BAL

Question 1

how is bronchoalveolar lavage done

Answer 1

bronchoscopy

-saline solution put in bronchoscape to wash airways and capture fluid sample

Question 2

what does fluid contain

Answer 2

cellular components

could be cancer cells, fungal, etc

-we can do cell counts

Question 3

cultrue from BAL

Answer 3

causative agents on pneumonia

don’t work up unless >100K

Question 4

what stain done on this specimen

Answer 4

gomori silver stain

detect pneumocystis
#1 killer of AIDs

Question 5

normal BAL

Answer 5

normal majority= macrophages

same amount= neutrophils and lymphs

Question 6

in smokers we will see

Answer 6

charcoal deposits